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Put to the PMOS that a report from DEFRA today suggested that the public was misled by the Government, as Michael Jack had said today in a Select Committee that "it woz the parrot that didn’t do it", so why had there been a Government cover-up on bird flu, the PMOS replied that the question was going slightly further than the facts. The PMOS said the bottom line was that the quarantine process had worked. Any sensible system was reviewed when there was actual experience to see how it had worked in practice. The quarantine had worked, as the birds were caught in the quarantine, and there was no evidence of any animals being let out of quarantine that were affected, though he acknowledged that the parrot had to be posthumously pardoned!

Put to the PMOS that it had been found that 53 birds had been found to have had bird flu, but Margaret Beckett had not been aware of this, so was it a "cock-up, rather than a conspiracy", the PMOS replied that the journalist should speak to DEFRA with regards to memos, as he was not aware of them. In terms of finding out the facts, the bottom line was that the quarantine system worked.

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"Put to the PMOS that a report from DEFRA today suggested that the public was misled by the Government"

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 16 Nov 2005 on 6:30 pm | Link
"Put to the PMOS that a report from DEFRA today suggested that the public was misled by the Government, as Michael Jack had said today in a Select Committee that "it woz the parrot that didn’t do it", so why had there been a Government cover-up on bird flu, the PMOS replied that the question was going slightly further than the facts"

If that’s the case, then surely the government would be contacting their good mates at Sky News from time to time to ask them politely to refrain from attempting to frighten us all with scare stories of Bird Flu, and basically boring the living shit out of us into the bargain. Anyone with any sense knows the best flu remedy is lots of vitamin C; those without sense, and Americans, are welcome to continue putting their spare change in Don Rumsfeld’s skyrocket whilst munching away fruitlessly on their Tamiflu pills.
Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 16 Nov 2005 on 6:39 pm | Link

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